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Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 1906; died, Wyckoff, NJ, Nov. 30, 2003.) As the youngest athlete ever to set a world record in a major sport, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a performer who once set seven world records in a single day, Gertrude Caroline Ederle is […]